Shingling appliance.



' F. P. DILLON. SHIN GLIN G APPLIANCE. APPLICATION FILED APR.28,1908.

Patented Apr. '13, 1909.

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SHINGLING APPLIANCE Application filed April 28, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK P. DILLON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Milford, in the county of il orcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Shingling Appliances, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like letters on the drawing representing like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a device for use in the shinglin on the wall or roof of a building by means of which the lower edge of the shingles may be readily and accurately positioned,and by means of which a number of shingles may be held in place preparatory to nailing.

It is the further object of the invention to provide a device which shall be of extreme simplicity and strength of construction, requiring nothing for its use which is not regularly carried by the carpenter or worlinian.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device which shall be extensible to cover various lengths of shingling, and which can be used in connection with a strip of wood or strai ht edge of any reasonable length.

The nature of the invention will more fully appear from the accompanying description and drawings, and will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

The drawings represent the device in its preferred form and in a modified form, and show it in position for use.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing several courses of shingles made on the building Wall, and the device of this invention in posi tion for holding and positioning shingles in a row about to be nailed. Fig. 2 is a front ele vation of a portion of the devic Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the construction shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modified form of the device showing it in position.

The device comprises a plurality of what are herein termed uprights A. For short lengths two of these uprights are sufficient, but for ordinary cases three are provided. Each upright in the preferred form shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, is formed of a piece of thin resilient metal, such as a narrow strip of sheet steel, and bent into the form shown in Figs. 2 and 3. In this form the lower end of the upright is bent backwardly, as at A and then upwardly as at A parallel to itself, so as to form a bar-receiving and supporting Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 13, 1909.

Serial No. 429,684.

pocket. The upper end of the bent portion A is provided with short sharp spurs A Preferably the portion A is split and each part bent laterally, so that the spurs A may be struck by a hammer or other tool on each side of the body portion of the upright A. The upper end of the uprights A are provided with means, such as the hole A by means of which the ends of the upright may be secured to the rod B by a nail, screw or rivet.

in the extensible or adjustable form of the device illustrated in Fig. 1 the rod B is made in a plurality of sections, which thus render the rod B extensible. The end sections are rigidly fastened to the end uprights A and are mounted to slide upon the middle up right. To secure this result blocks C are provided, with holes formed therein to fit the sections of the rod 13. One of these blocks is secured to the middle upright and the other block is secured to the sections of the rod B, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

in the operation of the device a suitable bar of wood D having a straight upper edge,

such for example as the ordinary straight edge, of the desired length is provided. The uprights A are then fitted upon the bar B, one near e ch end, and if required by the length one or more additional in the middle. The bar D rests in the bar-receiving and supporting pockets of the uprights A and is preferably held in place by small nails E, such as shingle nails. The upper edge of the bar D is then placed on the line which the lower edge of the row of shingles is to make and the spurs A tapped with a hammer to fasten the device in place. The workman then gathers up an armful of shingles and places them in position behind the rod B with their lower edges resting on the bar D, as shown at H in Fig. 1, the resilient uprights A yielding to allow the rod B to move forward and admit the shingles behind it, and then move backward and clamp them lightly in position.

it must be seen that a large number of shingles may readily be placed in position and retained until they are nailed, and that they will, by the use of this device, be accurately held in place.

The device may comprise any desired number of uprights and any desired length of rod E, but I have found that when three uprights are provided and when the sections of the rod B are about four feet in length the device will be suitable for ordinary conditions, being thus extensible from about four to about eight feet in length. Any suitable strip of wood may be used for the bar D, as set forth, and hence it is only necessary for the carpenter or workman to carry with him the uprights A and their connected rod B. The rod B being extensible enables the gage to be set at any desired length within the limits of the length of the rod, and any suitable strip of wood to be used for the bar D. The length of the rod may also be varied with the same bar or strip of Wood D. In removing the device the lower end of the shingle which slightly overlaps the ends of the part A with the spurs A may be readily sprung out sufliciently to allow the withdrawal of the device.

Another form of the device is shown in Fig. 4 in which the uprights are without the bar-receiving and supporting pockets, but otherwise are formed in the same way and secured directly to the bar D by means of nails E In fastening this form of the device in position it is necessary to nail through the bar D as at E. This form of the device is open to the objection that it leaves a few nail-holes in the exposed portion of the shingles, but it may be used where that is not a serious objection.

The device of this invention renders unnecessary the snapping of chalk lines to define the lower edge of the shingles and in its preferred form leaves the exposed portion of the shingles entirely uninjured and unmarked.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A shingling apparatus comprising a plurality of yielding uprights, a bar, means whereby the said uprights may be secured at their lower ends to the said bar, a rod connected to the upper ends of said uprights, whereby when the bar is fastened on the building with its upper edge on the shingling line the shingles may be placed in position behind and clamped by said rod with their lower edges on said bar.

2, A shingling apparatus comprising a plurality of yielding uprights formed at their lower ends to present bar-receiving and supporting pockets, a bar, a rod connected to the upper ends of said uprightswhereby when the bar is placed in said pockets and fastened on the building with its upper edge on the shingling line the shingles may be placed in position behind said rod with their lower edges on said bar.

3. A shingling apparatus comprising a plurality of yielding uprights formed at their lower ends to present bar-receiving and supporting pockets and provided with spurs adapted to catch into the building and hold the device in place, a bar, a rod connected to the upper ends of said uprights whereby when the bar is placed in said pockets and the device is fastened on the building by the aid of the spurs with the upper edge of the bar on the shingling line the shingles may be placed in position behind and clamped by said rod with their lower edges on said bar.

4. A shingling apparatus comprising a plurality of yielding uprights a bar of suitable length, an extensible sectional rod connected to the upper ends of said uprights, means whereby said uprights may be secured at their lower ends to the bar whereby when the bar is fastened on the building with its upper edge on the shingling line the shingles may be placed in position behind and clamped by said rod with their lower edges on said bar.

5. A shingling apparatus comprising a plurality of yielding uprights formed at their lower ends to provide bar-receiving and supporting pockets, a bar of suitable length, an extensible sectional rod connected to the upper ends of said uprights whereby when the bar is placed in said pockets and the device is fastened on the building with the upper edge of the bar on the shingling line the shingles may be placed in position behind and clamped by said rod with their -ower edges on said bar.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK P. DILLON.

Viitnesses MABEL PARTELOW, EMILY O. HoDGEs. 

